IIT Delhi exhibits technological products that solve common social problems

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 5: IIT Delhi organised a technology exhibition to showcase 76 technological products and models designed to solve the everyday problems concerning the general population.

The exhibition named TechEx demonstrated products developed under the two flagship schemes of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, IMPacting Research, INnovation and Technology (IMPRINT) and Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY).

Some prominent exhibits included prototypes of low-cost tuberculosis diagnostics, affordable cancer diagnosis/treatment, electric vehicle charger, remote healthcare delivery system, low-cost fire detection system, air quality monitoring network system and detection of pesticides and insecticides in fruits and vegetables, etc.

The Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal inaugurated the exhibition. The minister informed that many of the exhibited products were at the verge of commercial production.

The subject of research should relate to the social concerns of the region. Today, behind the development of developed countries, there is a special contribution of the research done in the universities there and our educational institutions have to play a similar role in building a new India, said the minister during the inauguration.

The IMPRINT scheme was launched in 2015 to provide relevant solutions to engineering challenges in 10 selected technology domains. The UAY was also announced in the same year to promote innovation to improve manufacturing through a government, industry and academia tie-up.